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Todd McFarlane Is Developing a “Sam and Twitch” Series as Part of Shared ‘Spawn’ Universe
While the characters of Sam and Twitch are also included in the long-gestured Spawn reboot that creator Todd McFarlane is set to direct for Blumhouse, they’re also potentially getting their own series.
“The comic book creator is developing a live-action TV series based on “Sam and Twitch”, two detectives that first appeared in the pages of “Spawn” No. 1 in 1992 and then became stars of their own book,” writes THR.
“No studio or streamer is attached to ‘Sam and Twitch’, but it comes as McFarlane is mulling shopping a Spawn shared universe around Hollywood,” adds the site.
“Could there be a third or fourth big shared universe? Possibly. But is it going to happen fast with one or two individuals? No.” says McFarlane. “It’s going to be a long, multi-creator group that is just going to spread your creative seeds and stand back and hope it grows into a forest.”
The indie studio wiip is teaming on the project, with Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg penning the adaptation.
McFarlane has been long developing a new Spawn feature with Blumhouse that would mark his directorial debut and would star Jamie Foxx as Spawn and Jeremy Renner as Twitch. He says they are soon going to be seeking a studio partner on that movie.
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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation
The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.
The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”
The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.
The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.
Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.
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